Campbell Books Limited

ActiveSC055286 Private limited company

Incorporated: 22 March 1974 (52 years)
Previously known as: Campbell Blackie Books Limited (until 11 July 1989)
Antonine Publishing Company Limited (The) (until 10 September 1986)
Industry: Dormant Company (99999)
Directors: Lara Marianne Elizabeth Borlenghi
Lyndon Keith Branfield
Owned by: Macmillan Publishers International Limited
Accounts type: Dormant
Region: Scotland
Address: C/o Dwf LLP
2 Semple Street
Edinburgh
EH3 8BL

Filing status

Accounts due: 30 September 2027
Last accounts: 31 December 2025
Conf. stmt due: 19 March 2027
Last conf. stmt: 5 March 2026

Charges

Total: 1
Outstanding: 1
Part satisfied: 0
Satisfied: 0

Officers 3 active

Officer details are public data from the Companies House register.

Nadarajah, Pamela Caroline

Secretary · Appointed 31 March 2026

Borlenghi, Lara Marianne Elizabeth

Director · Appointed 11 October 2021

Also at Macmillan Publishers International Limited, Pan Macmillan Limited, Macmillan Direct Limited · more companies

British

Born January 1973 (53)

Branfield, Lyndon Keith

Director · Appointed 11 October 2021

Also at Macmillan Publishers International Limited, Pan Macmillan Limited, Macmillan Direct Limited · more companies

British

Born November 1971

Officer history (22 former)

31 March 2026

Appointed Nadarajah, Pamela Caroline as Secretary

31 March 2026

Resigned Williams Hamer, Gabrielle Mary as Secretary

28 March 2024

Resigned Niven, Frances Julie as Secretary

28 March 2024

Appointed Williams Hamer, Gabrielle Mary as Secretary

30 November 2021

Resigned Williams Hamer, Gabrielle Mary as Secretary

30 November 2021

Appointed Niven, Frances Julie as Secretary

11 October 2021

Resigned Cramond, Simon Peter Darlington as Director

11 October 2021

Appointed Branfield, Lyndon Keith as Director

11 October 2021

Appointed Borlenghi, Lara Marianne Elizabeth as Director

31 March 2020

Resigned Lapaz, Annie as Director

1 November 2016

Appointed Lapaz, Annie as Director

1 November 2016

Resigned Jacobs, Rachel Elizabeth as Director

30 January 2015

Appointed Williams Hamer, Gabrielle Mary as Secretary

30 January 2015

Resigned Langley, Gordon Paul as Secretary

31 March 2014

Resigned Farries, William Hanson as Director

7 March 2014

Appointed Cramond, Simon Peter Darlington as Director

29 June 2013

Resigned Powter, Martin Edward as Director

27 June 2013

Appointed Jacobs, Rachel Elizabeth as Director

8 February 2013

Resigned Powter, Martin Edward as Secretary

8 February 2013

Appointed Langley, Gordon Paul as Secretary

29 June 2012

Resigned Fleming, Catherine Elinor as Director

4 December 2006

Resigned Todd, Geoffrey Richard Utten as Director

4 December 2006

Appointed Farries, William Hanson as Director

4 December 2006

Resigned Charkin, Richard Denis Paul as Director

4 December 2006

Appointed Powter, Martin Edward as Director

4 December 2006

Appointed Fleming, Catherine Elinor as Director

6 April 1999

Appointed Charkin, Richard Denis Paul as Director

6 April 1999

Appointed Todd, Geoffrey Richard Utten as Director

6 April 1999

Resigned Macmillan, David Maurice Benjamin as Director

3 March 1997

Resigned Soar, Adrian Richard as Director

1 May 1995

Appointed Macmillan, David Maurice Benjamin as Director

1 May 1995

Appointed Powter, Martin Edward as Secretary

1 May 1995

Appointed Soar, Adrian Richard as Director

1 May 1995

Resigned Mcrobert, William as Secretary

1 May 1995

Resigned Mcrobert, William as Director

1 May 1995

Resigned Campbell, Rodwill as Director

11 March 1994

Resigned Dicken, Mark Nicholas Trueman as Director

9 December 1992

Appointed Dicken, Mark Nicholas Trueman as Director

25 August 1992

Resigned Teale, David as Director

15 June 1990

Resigned Miller, Robert Michael as Secretary

15 June 1990

Resigned Mitchell, Alexander Dickson as Director

23 May 1990

Appointed Mcrobert, William as Secretary

23 May 1990

Appointed Mcrobert, William as Director

Ownership 1 active

People and entities with significant control, from the Companies House PSC register

Macmillan Publishers International Limited

Corporate entity · Notified 6 April 2016

Owns 75–100% of shares

Holds 75–100% of voting rights

Limited By Shares

Reg. no. 02063302

Former controllers (2)

20 July 2021

Ceased Stefan Von Holtzbrinck — Owns 25–50% of shares

20 July 2021

Ceased Christiane Schoeller — Owns 25–50% of shares

Group structure 21 shown

Ownership group derived from the Companies House PSC register

Holtzbrinck Investment Limited

Holtzbrinck Investment Holdings Limited Owns 75–100% of shares

Holtzbrinck Science & Technology Limited Owns 75–100% of shares

Digital Science & Research Solutions Limited Owns 75–100% of shares

Altmetric 2015 Limited Owns 75–100% of shares

Digital Science UK Limited Owns 50–75% of shares

Figshare LLP Holds 75–100% of voting rights

Thinqlab Ltd Owns 75–100% of shares

Macmillan Publishers International Limited Owns 75–100% of shares

Campbell Books Limited This company Owns 75–100% of shares

Gill and Macmillan (UK) Limited Owns 75–100% of shares

Global-Investor.Com Ltd Owns 75–100% of shares

Harriman House Ltd. Owns 75–100% of shares

Macmillan Children's Books Limited Owns 75–100% of shares

Macmillan Direct Limited Owns 75–100% of shares

MDL Subscriptions Limited Owns 75–100% of shares

New River Books Limited Owns 25–50% of shares

Pan Books Limited Owns 75–100% of shares

Pan Bookshops Limited Owns 75–100% of shares

Pan Macmillan Limited Owns 75–100% of shares

S. Weiner Limited Owns 75–100% of shares

Filings 156

Date	Description	Made Up To
30 September 2026	Accounts for a dormant company	31 December 2025
31 March 2026	Appointment of a secretary
31 March 2026	Termination of appointment of a secretary
30 March 2026	Director's details changed
30 March 2026	Confirmation statement with no updates	5 March 2026